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Wage and benefit growth in Minneapolis-St. Paul was the second highest in the nation last year. The increase is 60 basis points greater than the national average and 50 basis points greater than Minneapolis-St. Paul’s 2014-2015 growth rate. The compensation increase aligns with the market’s fourth lowest unemployment rate, where… Read More

Minneapolis CBD leads in large leasing deals
Vacancy rates in Minneapolis CBD continue their trend of shrinking every quarter. Vacancy at IDS Center declined 250 basis points since 2014 and the building now has its lowest quarterly vacancy in recent years. The demand for premium downtown office space is substantial and even co-working firms are getting in on the craze. Recently, two shared-space companies out of Chicago, Industrious and Assemble, leased a collective 36,000 sf with plans to rent out collaborative workspace to entrepreneurs and small firms by end of year. … Read More

For the second year in a row, JLL commercial real estate consultants made top rank in Twin Cities Business magazine’s survey of the best and busiest commercial real estate brokers in the Twin Cities. Scoring front seat in the office category, Chris Rohrer, Managing Director and Market Lead of the JLL Minneapolis-St. Paul office managed 1.44M sq. ft. of tenant representation transactions in 2014, providing lease negotiation strategies for some of… Read More

Shakopee experienced significant industrial leasing and buying activity during the second quarter of 2015. Big names like Amazon, Polaris and AmerisourceBergen will soon all be moving to the Southwest metro.

Amazon confirmed rumors of their move by leasing a 60-acre site to begin construction on a 820,000-square-foot fulfillment center. Amazon also leased out an existing 162,000-square-foot building for a package sorting facility nearby the center.… Read More